Muzzle.



PATENTED JUNE 4, 1901 M.- LARAMIB.

MUZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1907.

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MITCHELL LARAMIE, OF WILLIMINTIC, CONNECTICUT.

MUZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed January 16, 1907. Serial No- 352,604.

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Be it known that I, MITCHELL LARAMIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVillimantic, in the county of l/Vindham and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Muzzles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in muzzles, and pertains more particularly to dog muzzles.

The object of my invention is to provide a muzzle of this character which is formed of two pieces of wire so bent and curved as to form a complete muzzle which is readily applicable to the dog.

i Another object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap and efiective muzzle of this character.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a perspective view of my improved muzzle applied. Fig. 2, is a top plan view of my improved muzzle removed. Fig. 3, is an end view. Fig. 4, is a side elevation.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents my improved muzzle which, as clearly shown, is formed of a piece of wire having intermediate its ends a loop 2 formed therein which is adapted to pass over and around the mouth and nose of the dog. The said wires 3 and 4 are coiled at 5 at the lower end of the loop 2. The said loop 2 may be made of different sizes to fit difierent size animals, and the other parts are correspondingly reduced or enlarged as the case may require. The said wires 3 and 4 diverge outwardly and upwardly and are formed into coils 6 and 7, and beyond said coils the wire extends outwardly at 8 and 9 and have their free ends 10 and 1 1 bent around and firmly secured to the opposite sides of the loop 2 about midway the top and bottom.

The coil 6 has secured thereto the wire strap 12 fastened, as shown, by forming a ring 13 so that it is free to swing on the coil. The said strap is provided at its free end with a hooked end 14 which is adapted to hook into the coil 7. The said hook 14 is so formed and shaped that it is adapted to be passed through said coil 7, and by pulling it backward through said coil the upper outwardlyturned portion 15 of the coi may be passed into the hook and the strap firmly held, as I will now proceed to describe.

The application of the muzzle is as follows :-The dogs nose is passed through the loop 2 and said loop is of a size to pass upward about half-way of the dogs jaws. The coiled portion 5 is directly below the lower jaw, while the wires 3 and 4 extend outwardly and upward, and the coils 6 and7 are at the side of the dogs head, and the two forwardly-extending wires 8 and 9 are on a line with the mouth of the dog. The strap 12 is then inserted through the coil 7, and drawn back so that the hook interlocks with the upper portion of the coil, and the said strap extends over the neck of the dog just back of its ears, preventing the muzzle from being accidentally or otherwise removed until the strap is unfastened. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A muzzle of the character described, formed of a single piece of wire having a loop ends of the Wire extending rearwardly and having coils formed therein, and the ends of the wire extending forwardly and bent around the loop, and a securing strap formed of a piece of wire having one end secured to one coil and the opposite end adapted to interlock with the other coil.

2. A muzzle of the character described, formed of a single piece of wire having a loop formed therein intermediate its ends, and the ends of the wire bent around each other at the lower end of the loop and extendingrearwardly and having coils formed therein, and the ends of the wire extending forwardly and bent around the loop adjacent its upper end.

3. A muzzle of the character described, formed of a single piece of wire having a loop formed therein intermediate its ends and the ends of the wire bent around each other at the lower end of the loop, and extending rearwardly and having coils formed therein, and the ends of the wire beyond the coils extending forward and bent around the loop ad jacent the upper end, a curved wire swingingly supported by one of the coils, and the opposite end having a hook adapted to pass through the other coil and interlock therewith. i

formed therein intermediate its ends, and the 4. A muzzle of the character described, formed of a single piece of wire having a loop formed therein, an equal distance from the ends, said ends twisted upon each other at 5 right angles to the loop and extending outwardly and upwardly, and having coils formed therein, and the ends of the wire eX- tending forward and bent around opposite Witnesses: sides of the loop adjacent the upper end, and GEORGE H. BAcKUs,

r. a curved piece of wire swingingly supported I JAMES M. SMITH.

by one of the coils and the opposite end hav ing a hook adapted to pass through the other coil and interlock therewith.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses. 15

MITCHELL LARA MIE. 

